Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Albuquerque 2001

SS01 Submerged Aquatic Vegetation and the Water Column (Environmental Connections)

Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2001, Time: 9:45:00 AM

Location: Galisteo

Nepf, H, M, MIT, Boston, USA, hmnepf@mit.edu

Tutorial: Vegetation Hydrodynamics

The physical interaction between aquatic vegetation and the surrounding water column affects depth scale hydrodynamics, e.g. vegetative drag impacts mean current and wave conditions. Plant-flow interaction also creates new, plant-scale hydrodynamics that impact transport within the canopy and between the canopy and surrounding water column. Both the large-scale and plant-scale interactions vary with depth of submergence and canopy flexibility. This tutorial will present an overview of our emerging understanding of vegetation hydrodynamics and the implication of specific physical processes – monami, plant-scale circulation, mixing – on biological and ecological conditions.

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